Lion Gate
The Lion Gate is the popular modern name for the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in Southern Greece. It was erected during the thirteenth century BC, around 1250 BC, in the northwestern side of the acropolis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae
- Also known as: “Lion Gate, Mycenae” and “Lion’s gate”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mycenae and Grave Circle A.
Mycenae
Mycenae is a town in the Peloponnese, Greece. It's home to the ancient Acropolis of Mycenae, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is one of Greece's most renowned archaeological sites, dating to the 2nd millennium BC.
Grave Circle A
Ruins
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grave Circle A is a 16th-century BC royal cemetery situated to the south of the Lion Gate, the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in southern Greece.
Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
Museum
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Archaeological Museum of Mycenae is situated 110 metres north of Lion Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mykines and Monastiraki.
Monastiraki
Village
Monastiraki is a village in Argolis prefecture, built on the foot of mount Evia, between two low hills. It is located adjacent to ancient Mycenae and the Heraion of Argos, with a view of the entire Argolic plain. Monastiraki is situated 3 km south of Lion Gate.
Koutsopodi
Village
Koutsopodi is a town and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. Koutsopodi is situated 6 km southwest of Lion Gate.
Lion Gate
- Categories: city gate, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Argos-Mykines, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.73083° or 37° 43′ 51″ northLongitude
22.75646° or 22° 45′ 23″ eastElevation
230 metres (755 feet)Open location code
8G94PQJ4+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1600259115OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11809347Wikidata ID
Q1450403
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lion Gate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوابة الأسد”
- Basque: “Lehoien Atea”
- Catalan: “Porta dels Lleons”
- Chinese: “狮子门”
- Chinese: “獅子門”
- Croatian: “Lavlja vrata”
- Czech: “Lví brána”
- Dutch: “Leeuwenpoort van Mycene”
- Dutch: “Leeuwenpoort”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة الاسد”
- Estonian: “Mükeene Lõvivärav”
- Finnish: “Leijonaportti”
- French: “Porte aux Lions”
- French: “porte des Lionnes”
- French: “Porte des Lionnes”
- French: “Porte des Lions”
- German: “Löwentor”
- Greek: “Πύλη Λεόντων”
- Greek: “Πύλη των Λεόντων”
- Hebrew: “שער האריות (מיקנה)”
- Indonesian: “Gapura Singa”
- Italian: “Porta dei Leoni”
- Japanese: “獅子の門”
- Japanese: “獅子門”
- Polish: “Lwia Brama”
- Portuguese: “Portão dos Leões”
- Russian: “Львиные ворота”
- Sinhala: “සිංහ දොරටුව”
- Spanish: “Puerta de los Leones”
- Turkish: “Aslan Kapısı”
- Ukrainian: “Левові ворота”
- Urdu: “باب الاسد”
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